GAME THREAD: NFL: MINNESOTA (6-6) at SAN FRANCISCO (3-9)

NFL: MINNESOTA at SAN FRANCISCO

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MINNESOTA 27
SAN FRANCISCO 7 1:34 LEFT, 4TH QTR

MIN BALL ON MIN 38 YD LINE
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NFL: MINNESOTA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 10 17 0 0 27
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 7 0 7 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: MIN - TD, KEVIN WILLIAMS 18 YD INTERCEPTION
RETURN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK), 0:14.
MINNESOTA 7-0
MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD, 9:52. Drive:
13 plays, 55 yards in 6:15. Key
plays: Jackson 12-yard pass to Rice
to Minnesota 29; Jackson 12-yard
run to Minnesota 46; Jackson
12-yard pass to Richardson to San
Francisco 44; Jackson 10-yard pass
to Taylor on 3rd-and-10 to San
Francisco 34. MINNESOTA 10-0
2ND QUARTER: MIN - TD, ROBERT FERGUSON 19 YD PASS FROM
TARVARIS JACKSON (RYAN LONGWELL
KICK), 0:46. Drive: 7 plays, 58
yards in 2:44. Key plays: Jackson
23-yard pass to Ferguson to San
Francisco 31; Peterson 3-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 19.
MINNESOTA 17-0
MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 46 YD, 7:44. Drive: 4
plays, -5 yards in 1:31. Key plays:
Henderson 16-yard return of Gore
fumble to San Francisco 23.
MINNESOTA 20-0
MIN - TD, CHESTER TAYLOR 84 YD RUN (RYAN
LONGWELL KICK), 9:08. Drive: 2
plays, 81 yards in 0:53. MINNESOTA
27-0
3RD QUARTER: SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 5 YD PASS FROM JASON
HILL (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 7:54.
Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Hill 11-yard pass to
Jackson to Minnesota 36; Hill
8-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-4
to Minnesota 22; Gore 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 11.
MINNESOTA 27-7
4TH QUARTER: NONE

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NFL: MINNESOTA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 10 17 0 0 27
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 7 0 7 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

0:14 MIN - TD, KEVIN WILLIAMS 18 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
MINNESOTA 7-0.
9:52 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards in 6:15.
Key plays: Jackson 12-yard pass to Rice to Minnesota 29; Jackson
12-yard run to Minnesota 46; Jackson 12-yard pass to Richardson to San
Francisco 44; Jackson 10-yard pass to Taylor on 3rd-and-10 to San
Francisco 34. MINNESOTA 10-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:46 MIN - TD, ROBERT FERGUSON 19 YD PASS FROM TARVARIS JACKSON (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 2:44.
Key plays: Jackson 23-yard pass to Ferguson to San Francisco 31;
Peterson 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 19. MINNESOTA 17-0.
7:44 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 46 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -5 yards in 1:31.
Key plays: Henderson 16-yard return of Gore fumble to San Francisco
23. MINNESOTA 20-0.
9:08 MIN - TD, CHESTER TAYLOR 84 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 81 yards in 0:53.
MINNESOTA 27-0.

3RD QUARTER:

7:54 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 5 YD PASS FROM JASON HILL (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Hill 11-yard pass to Jackson to Minnesota 36; Hill 8-yard
pass to Battle on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 22; Gore 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to Minnesota 11. MINNESOTA 27-7.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

MINNESOTA - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA SAN FRANCISCO

FIRST DOWNS 9 5
Rushing 3 1
Passing 6 4
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-6-50% 2-8-25%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 226 79
Total offensive plays 32 32
Average gain per play 7.1 2.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 43
Rushing attempts 16 12
Average gain per rush 6.9 3.6
Tackles for loss-yards 3-11 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 115 36
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-9
Gross passing yards 115 45
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 16-10-0 19-7-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.2 1.8
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-1-0 0-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 1-53.0 5-34.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 47.0 30.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 24 16
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-6 1-16
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-170
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-18 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-5 2-10
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1
TOUCHDOWNS 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 1 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 15:21 14:39


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA SAN FRANCISCO

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C TAYLOR 6 99 16.5 84 1 F GORE 9 41 4.6 15 0
T JACKSON 4 14 3.5 12 0 T DILFER 2 1 0.5 1 0
A PETERSON 6 -2 -0.3 4 0 M ROBINSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T JACKSON 10-16-115 0 1 23 T DILFER 7-19- 45 1 0 11

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 1-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R FERGUSON 2 42 21.0 23 1 D JACKSON 3 13 4.3 7 0
S RICE 2 21 10.5 12 0 F GORE 2 11 5.5 6 0
V SHIANCOE 2 11 5.5 9 0 M HICKS 1 11 11.0 11 0
A ALLISON 1 14 14.0 14 0 A LELIE 1 10 10.0 10 0
T RICHARDS 1 12 12.0 12 0
C TAYLOR 1 10 10.0 10 0
B WADE 1 5 5.0 5 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WILLIAMS 1 18 18.0 18 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C KLUWE 1 53 53.0 0 0 53 A LEE 5 170 34.0 0 4 46

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 1 6 6.0 6 0 N CLEMENTS 1 16 16.0 16 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 5 170 34.0 55 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LONGWELL 3/3 2/2 J NEDNEY 1/1 0/0
Dist.: 48 46

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A ALLISON 1 1 0 0-0 F GORE 1 1 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 0 0 0 0-1 T DILFER 1 0 0 1-0
W HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
P WILLIS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIAMS 5 3 2 1-9 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0
C GREENWAY 4 3 1 0-0 D SMITH 3 3 0 0-0
A WINFIELD 3 1 2 0-0 A FRANKLIN 3 2 1 0-0
B LEBER 2 2 0 0-0 P WILLIS 3 2 1 0-0
C GRIFFIN 2 1 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 2 2 0 0-0
C GORDON 2 1 1 0-0 M ROMAN 2 1 1 0-0
B ROBISON 2 1 1 0-0 R FIELDS 2 1 1 0-0
J MITCHELL 2 0 2 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 1 1 0-0
D SMITH 1 0 1 0-0 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0
A PETERSON 1 0 1 0-0 M LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 1 0 1 0-0 D STRICKLAND 1 1 0 0-0
K WILLIAMS 1 0 1 0-0 M DOUGLAS 1 0 1 0-0
J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0

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By Tom Kent
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Vikings moved one stepcloser to a playoff berth - with a little help from the lowlySan Francisco 49ers.


Chester Taylor rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown as theVikings kept their playoff hopes alive by drubbing the dreadful49ers, 27-7, on Sunday.


Minnesota (7-6) won its fourth straight game and moved one gameahead of the Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions for an NFC wildcard berth.


The Vikings will face three teams with losing records in theirremaining games as they attempt to make their first post-seasonappearance since 2004.


Minnesota struck early when, on the first play from scrimmage,defensive tackle Kevin Williams intercepted Trent Dilfer's passand rambled 18 yards into the end zone for the first score ofthe game.


It was the Vikings' sixth interception returned for a touchdownthis season, tying the team record set in 1992.


Taylor put his mark on the game with an 84-yard jaunt in thesecond quarter to give Minnesota a 27-0 advantage and put thegame out of reach of the hapless Niners with 5:02 left in thefirst half.


Taylor finished with 101 yards on just eight carries for theVikings, who entered with the league's best rushing offense.Taylor's performance marked the eighth 100-yard effort forVikings running backs this season.


He picked up the slack for vaunted rookie Adrian Peterson, whoentered the game leading the NFL in rushing but managed zeroyards on 12 carries.


Emerging second-year quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who wascoming off one the best games of his career against Detroit lastweek, completed 16-of-25 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown.

With the victory, the Vikings snapped an eight-game losingstreak in San Francisco, which included three playoffappearances.


After winning its first two games, San Francisco has now lost 10of 11 and each of its last five home games, marking thefranchise's longest home losing streak since the 49ers alsodropped five in a row in 2004.


Dilfer, who was filling in for injured starter Alex Smith, leftthe game shortly before the first half ended after sustaining ahead injury while attempting to dive for a first down. He wasreplaced by third string quarterback Shaun Hill, who connectedwith Arnaz Battle on a 5-yard strike for the 49ers' only score.

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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MINNESOTA 10 17 0 0 27
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 7 0 7 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

0:14 MIN - TD, KEVIN WILLIAMS 18 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
MINNESOTA 7-0.
9:52 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards in 6:15.
Key plays: Jackson 12-yard pass to Rice to Minnesota 28; Jackson
12-yard run to Minnesota 46; Jackson 12-yard pass to Richardson to San
Francisco 44; Jackson 10-yard pass to Taylor on 3rd-and-10 to San
Francisco 34. MINNESOTA 10-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:46 MIN - TD, ROBERT FERGUSON 19 YD PASS FROM TARVARIS JACKSON (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 2:44.
Key plays: Jackson 23-yard pass to Ferguson to San Francisco 31;
Peterson 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 19. MINNESOTA 17-0.
7:44 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 46 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -5 yards in 1:31.
Key plays: Henderson 16-yard return of Gore fumble to San Francisco
23. MINNESOTA 20-0.
9:08 MIN - TD, CHESTER TAYLOR 84 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 81 yards in 0:53.
MINNESOTA 27-0.

3RD QUARTER:

7:54 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 5 YD PASS FROM SHAUN HILL (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: S. Hill 11-yard pass to Jackson to Minnesota 36; Hill
8-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 22; Gore 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 11. MINNESOTA 27-7.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

MINNESOTA - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA SAN FRANCISCO

FIRST DOWNS 9 5
Rushing 3 1
Passing 6 4
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-6-50% 2-8-25%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 226 79
Total offensive plays 32 32
Average gain per play 7.1 2.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 43
Rushing attempts 16 12
Average gain per rush 6.9 3.6
Tackles for loss-yards 3-11 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 115 36
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-9
Gross passing yards 115 45
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 16-10-0 19-7-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.2 1.8
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-1-0 0-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 1-53.0 5-34.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 47.0 30.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 24 16
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-6 1-16
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-170
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-18 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-5 2-10
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1
TOUCHDOWNS 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 1 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 15:21 14:39


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA SAN FRANCISCO

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C TAYLOR 6 99 16.5 84 1 F GORE 9 41 4.6 15 0
T JACKSON 4 14 3.5 12 0 T DILFER 2 1 0.5 1 0
A PETERSON 6 -2 -0.3 4 0 M ROBINSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T JACKSON 10-16-115 0 1 23 T DILFER 7-19- 45 1 0 11

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 1-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R FERGUSON 2 42 21.0 23 1 D JACKSON 3 13 4.3 7 0
S RICE 2 21 10.5 12 0 F GORE 2 11 5.5 6 0
V SHIANCOE 2 11 5.5 9 0 M HICKS 1 11 11.0 11 0
A ALLISON 1 14 14.0 14 0 A LELIE 1 10 10.0 10 0
T RICHARDS 1 12 12.0 12 0
C TAYLOR 1 10 10.0 10 0
B WADE 1 5 5.0 5 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WILLIAMS 1 18 18.0 18 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C KLUWE 1 53 53.0 0 0 53 A LEE 5 170 34.0 0 4 46

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 1 6 6.0 6 0 N CLEMENTS 1 16 16.0 16 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 5 170 34.0 55 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LONGWELL 3/3 2/2 J NEDNEY 1/1 0/0
Dist.: 48 46

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A ALLISON 1 1 0 0-0 F GORE 1 1 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 0 0 0 0-1 T DILFER 1 0 0 1-0
W HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
P WILLIS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIAMS 5 3 2 1-9 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0
C GREENWAY 4 3 1 0-0 D SMITH 3 3 0 0-0
A WINFIELD 3 1 2 0-0 A FRANKLIN 3 2 1 0-0
B LEBER 2 2 0 0-0 P WILLIS 3 2 1 0-0
C GRIFFIN 2 1 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 2 2 0 0-0
C GORDON 2 1 1 0-0 M ROMAN 2 1 1 0-0
B ROBISON 2 1 1 0-0 R FIELDS 2 1 1 0-0
J MITCHELL 2 0 2 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 1 1 0-0
D SMITH 1 0 1 0-0 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0
A PETERSON 1 0 1 0-0 M LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 1 0 1 0-0 D STRICKLAND 1 1 0 0-0
K WILLIAMS 1 0 1 0-0 M DOUGLAS 1 0 1 0-0
J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-P Morelli, Umpire-Darrell Jenkins, Head Linesman-G
Hayward, Line Judge-C Stewart, Field Judge-J Saracino, Side Judge-Jeff
Lamberth, Back Judge-Keith Ferguson.

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By Tom Kent
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The Minnesota Vikings moved one stepcloser to a playoff berth - with a little help from the lowlySan Francisco 49ers.


Chester Taylor rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown as theVikings kept their playoff hopes alive by drubbing the dreadful49ers, 27-7, on Sunday.


Minnesota (7-6) won its fourth straight game and moved one gameahead of the Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions for an NFC wildcard berth.


"It was a great team effort," Vikings coach Brad Childress said."They did a great job, and the coaches did a did a great job.This game was a testament to how hard these guys have worked allseason long. It was a great collective effort."


The Vikings will face three teams with losing records in theirremaining games as they attempt to make their first postseasonappearance since 2004.


Minnesota struck early when, on the first play from scrimmage,defensive tackle Kevin Williams intercepted Trent Dilfer's passand rambled 18 yards into the end zone for the first score ofthe game.


"It was about me being in the right place at the right time andcashing in on the opportunity," Williams said.


It was the Vikings' sixth interception returned for a touchdownthis season, tying the team record set in 1992.


"He made a great play," Childress said. "It's rare you get oneof those in your career. I'm just glad he didn't have to runfurther because he would have needed oxygen."


Taylor put his mark on the game with an 84-yard jaunt - thelongest run from scrimmage in the NFL this season - in thesecond quarter to give Minnesota a 27-0 advantage and put thegame out of reach of the hapless Niners with 5:02 left in thefirst half.


"It was a call to the weak side," Taylor said. "The offensiveline did a great job picking up the blitz and all I had to dowas get into the secondary."


"We gave up to many big plays," San Francisco coach Mike Nolansaid. "The 84-yarder was one of them. He ran right into ourblitz and that was it."


Taylor collected his 101 yards on just eight carries for theVikings, who entered with the league's best rushing offense.Taylor's performance marked the eighth 100-yard effort forMinnesota running backs this season.


The performance by Taylor picked up the slack for vaunted rookieAdrian Peterson, who entered the game leading the NFL inrushing but managed zero yards on 12 carries.


Emerging second-year quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who wascoming off one the best games of his career against Detroit lastweek, completed 16-of-25 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown.

"Each game, each play you learn something," Jackson said."That's the mind-set I'm taking. Everything in the NFL is aprocess and I'm just trying to learn and continue to take smallsteps right now."


With the victory, the Vikings snapped an eight-game losingstreak in San Francisco, which included three playoffappearances.


After winning its first two games, San Francisco has now lost 10of 11 and each of its last five home games, marking thefranchise's longest home losing streak since the 49ers alsodropped five in a row in 2004.


Dilfer, who was filling in for injured starter Alex Smith, leftthe game shortly before the first half ended after sustaining ahead injury while attempting to dive for a first down. He wasreplaced by third string quarterback Shaun Hill, who connectedwith Arnaz Battle on a 5-yard strike for the 49ers' only score.

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 10 17 0 0 27
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 7 0 7 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

0:14 MIN - TD, KEVIN WILLIAMS 18 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
MINNESOTA 7-0.
9:52 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards in 6:15.
Key plays: Jackson 12-yard pass to Rice to Minnesota 28; Jackson
12-yard run to Minnesota 46; Jackson 12-yard pass to Richardson to San
Francisco 44; Jackson 10-yard pass to Taylor on 3rd-and-10 to San
Francisco 34. MINNESOTA 10-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:46 MIN - TD, ROBERT FERGUSON 19 YD PASS FROM TARVARIS JACKSON (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 2:44.
Key plays: Jackson 23-yard pass to Ferguson to San Francisco 31;
Peterson 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 19. MINNESOTA 17-0.
7:44 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 46 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, -5 yards in 1:31.
Key plays: Henderson 16-yard return of Gore fumble to San Francisco
23. MINNESOTA 20-0.
9:08 MIN - TD, CHESTER TAYLOR 84 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 81 yards in 0:53.
MINNESOTA 27-0.

3RD QUARTER:

7:54 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 5 YD PASS FROM SHAUN HILL (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: S. Hill 11-yard pass to Jackson to Minnesota 36; Hill
8-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 22; Gore 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 11. MINNESOTA 27-7.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

MINNESOTA - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA SAN FRANCISCO

FIRST DOWNS 11 17
Rushing 3 3
Passing 8 14
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 8-16-50%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 280 284
Total offensive plays 56 69
Average gain per play 5.0 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 117 73
Rushing attempts 31 20
Average gain per rush 3.8 3.7
Tackles for loss-yards 7-18 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 163 211
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-14
Gross passing yards 163 225
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 25-16-0 47-29-2
Avg gain per pass play 6.5 4.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-1-0 2-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-41.8 6-34.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.8 27.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 40
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-6 5-40
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-22 5-170
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-19 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-25 7-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 5-3
TOUCHDOWNS 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 1 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:13 31:47


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA SAN FRANCISCO

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C TAYLOR 8 101 12.6 84 1 F GORE 16 68 4.3 15 0
T JACKSON 9 13 1.4 12 0 S HILL 1 3 3.0 3 0
A PETERSON 14 3 0.2 4 0 T DILFER 2 1 0.5 1 0
M ROBINSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T JACKSON 16-25-163 0 1 23 S HILL 22-28-180 1 1 26
T DILFER 7-19- 45 1 0 11

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 1-9,
Sacked-Yards Lost: None S HILL 1-5.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R FERGUSON 4 57 14.3 23 1 F GORE 8 49 6.1 10 0
B WADE 3 25 8.3 14 0 D WALKER 6 65 10.8 26 0
C TAYLOR 3 23 7.7 10 0 V DAVIS 5 42 8.4 13 0
S RICE 2 21 10.5 12 0 D JACKSON 4 24 6.0 11 0
V SHIANCOE 2 11 5.5 9 0 A LELIE 2 17 8.5 10 0
A ALLISON 1 14 14.0 14 0 A BATTLE 2 13 6.5 8 1
T RICHARDS 1 12 12.0 12 0 M HICKS 1 11 11.0 11 0
M ROBINSON 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WILLIAMS 1 18 18.0 18 1
P WILLIAMS 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C KLUWE 6 251 41.8 0 2 53 A LEE 6 206 34.3 0 4 46

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 1 6 6.0 6 0 N CLEMENTS 4 32 8.0 16 0
M LEWIS 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ALLISON 1 22 22.0 22 0 M HICKS 5 170 34.0 55 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LONGWELL 3/3 2/2 J NEDNEY 1/1 0/0
Dist.: 48 46

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A ALLISON 1 1 0 0-0 F GORE 2 2 0 0-0
C GRIFFIN 0 0 1 0-0 S HILL 1 1 0 0-0
O GRIGSBY 0 0 1 0-0 T DILFER 1 0 0 1-0
B LEBER 0 0 1 0-0 A LELIE 1 0 0 1-0
S JOHNSON 0 0 0 0-1 W HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
E HENDERSON 0 0 0 0-2 P WILLIS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C GREENWAY 11 7 4 0-0 P WILLIS 8 6 2 0-0
B LEBER 6 4 2 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 6 0 0-0
A WINFIELD 6 3 3 0-0 W HARRIS 5 5 0 0-0
D SHARPER 5 5 0 0-0 M ROMAN 4 2 2 0-0
C GRIFFIN 5 4 1 0-0 D SMITH 3 3 0 0-0
P WILLIAMS 5 3 2 1-9 P HARALSON 3 2 1 0-0
B ROBISON 5 3 2 0-0 A FRANKLIN 3 2 1 0-0
D SMITH 4 2 2 0-0 D STRICKLAND 2 2 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 4 2 2 0-0 M DOUGLAS 2 1 1 0-0
C GORDON 4 2 2 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 1 1 0-0
J MITCHELL 2 0 2 0-0 R FIELDS 2 1 1 0-0
O GRIGSBY 1 1 0 1-5 B YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0
K UDEZE 1 1 0 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0
K WILLIAMS 1 0 1 0-0 D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0
A PETERSON 1 0 1 0-0 M LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-P Morelli, Umpire-Darrell Jenkins, Head Linesman-G
Hayward, Line Judge-C Stewart, Field Judge-J Saracino, Side Judge-Jeff
Lamberth, Back Judge-Keith Ferguson.

Att: 68,050 Time of Game: 3:02</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
MINNESOTA 27
SAN FRANCISCO 7 FINAL</div>